Publications

AL-MASKRI, M., NAGIEB, M., HAMMER, K., FILATENKO, A.A., KHAN, I. & BUERKERT, A. 2003. A note about Triticum in Oman. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 50 (1), 83-87

AL KHANJARI, S., HAMMER, K., BUERKERT, A. & ROEDER, M.S. 2007. Molecular diversity of Omani wheat revealed by microsatellites: I. Tetraploid landraces. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54, 1291-1300.

AL KHANJARI, S., HAMMER, K., BUERKERT, A. & ROEDER, M.S. 2007. Molecular diversity of Omani wheat revealed by microsatellites: II. Hexaploid landraces. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54, 1407-1417.

AL KHANJARI, S., HAMMER, K., BUERKERT, A., KHAN, I. & AL-MASKRI, A. 2005. A survey of Wheat landraces in Oman. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter (FAO-IPGRI, Rome, Italy) 141, 7-10.

AL KHANJARI, S., FILATENKO, A.A., HAMMER, K. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. Morphological spike diversity of Omani wheat. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 55, 1185-1195.

BRINKMANN, K., GEBAUER, J., PATZELT, A., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Vegetation and biodiversity on Jebel al Akhdar. Pride. Al Roya Press and Publishing House, Muscat, Oman, pp. 90-96 [Arabic version pp. 94-98].

BRINKMANN, K, DICKHOEFER, U., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. Classification of rangeland vegetation and modelling of vegetation patterns st the Jabal al Akhdar mountain, Northern Oman. In: Proceedings Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World, Vol. I. XXI International Grassland Congress, VIII International Rangeland Congress, 67.

BRINKMANN, K, PATZELT, A., DICKHOEFER, U., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2009. Vegetation patterns and diversity along an altitudinal and a grazing gradient in the Jabal al Akhdar mountain range of northern Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 73, 1035-1045.

BRINKMANN, K., PATZELT, A., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2011. Use of environmental predictors for vegetation mapping in semi-arid mountain rangelands and the determination of conservation hotspots. Journal of Applied Vegetation Science,, 14, 17-30.

BRINKMANN, K., DICKHOEFER, U., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2011. Quantification of aboveground rangeland productivity and anthropogenic degradation on the Arabian Peninsula using Landsat imagery and field inventory data. Remote Sensing of Environment 115, 465-474.

BUERKERT, A., NAGIEB, M., SIEBERT, S., AL-MASKRI, A. & KHAN, I. 2005. Nutrient cycling and field-based partial nutrient balances in two mountain oases of Oman. Field Crops Research 94(2-3), 149-164.

BUERKERT, A., NAGIEB, M., SIEBERT, S., LUEDELING, E., QUINTERN, M. & AL KHANJARI, S. 2005. Plant genetic diversity, irrigation and nutrient cycling in traditional mountain oases of Northern Oman. pp. 1072-1073. in Li, C.J. et al. (Eds.). Plant Nutrition for Food Security, Human Health and Environmental Protection. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China.

BUERKERT, A., SCHLECHT, E. & HAESER, J., 2007. The transformation of oases. DFG - Research 2/2007, 16-21.

BUERKERT, A., HAMMER, K., SCHLECHT, E., HAESER, J. & AL KHANJARI, S. 2007. Times of Change in Omani Oases. DFG - Research 3/2007, 4-9.

BUERKERT, A., SCHLECHT, E., LUEDELING, E., HAESER, J., HAMMER, K. & AL KHANJARI, S. 2007. From a vanishing past to new opportunities - Transformation processes in Omani mountain oases. Pride. Al Roya Press and Publishing House, Muscat, Oman, pp. 100-109 [Arabic version pp. 100-105].

BUERKERT, A. & SCHLECHT, E., 2009. Performance of three GPS collars to monitor goats' grazing itineraries on mountain pastures. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 65 (1), 85-92.

BUERKERT, A., DICKHOEFER, U., LUEDELING, E., LOHRER, K., MERSHEN, B., SCHAEPER, W., NAGIEB, M. & SCHLECHT, E. 2009. Prospects of mountain ecotourism in Oman: the example of As Sawjarah on Al Jabal al Akhdar. Journal of Ecotourism 9 (2), 104-116.

BUERKERT, A., DE LANGHE, E. & AL KHANJARI, S. 2009. Ecology and morphological traits of an ancient Musa acuminata cultivar from a mountain oasis of Oman. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56, 609-614.

BUERKERT, A. & E. SCHLECHT (eds.) 2010. Oases of Oman: Millenia old livelihood systems at the crossroads. Al Roya Press & Publishing House, Muscat, Oman. 136 p. ISBN: 978-9948-15-510-2.

BUERKERT, A., AL KHANJARI, S., AL-SAADY, N.A., DE LANGHE, E., HOELSCHER, D., GEBAUER, J., BEHRENDT, S., HAPPE, S., BRINKMANN, K. & SCHLECHT, E. 2010. Ancient tolerance mechanism discovered in Oman: How oasis bananas defend themselves against their enemies. Biology of Our Time, DOI:10.1002/biuz.201010432.

BUERKERT, A., JAHN, H., GOLOMBEK, S.D., AL RAWAHI, M.N. & GEBAUER, J. 2010. Carbon and nitrogen emissions from stored manure and cropped fields in irrigated mountain oases of Oman. Journal of Agricultural Research in the Tropics and Subtropics 111(1), 55-63.

DICKHOEFER, U., BUERKERT, A., BRINKMANN, K. & SCHLECHT, E. 2010. The role of pasture management for sustainable livestock production in semi-arid subtropical mountain regions. Journal of Arid Environments 74, 962-972.

DICKHOEFER, U. & SCHLECHT, E. 2010. Energy intake and weight development of grazing goats in the Al Jabal al Akhdar Mountains of Oman Proc. Soc. Nutr. Physiol. 19, 107.

DICKHOEFER U., O. MAHGOUB & SCHLECHT, E. 2010. Adjusting homestead feeding to requirements and nutrient intake of grazing goats on semi-arid, subtropical highland pastures. Animal (in press).

DIENER, C., GANGLER, A. & FEIN, A. 2003. Transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman: The example of Ibra. Trialog 76, 15-26.

DIENER, C., GANGLER, A. & RIBBECK, E. 2003. Transformation processes in Oman's oasis settlements: New settlement patterns in Oman. Trialog 76.

FILATENKO, A.A., HAMMER, K., AL KHANJARI, S. & BUERKERT, A. 2010. Six new botanical varieties of Triticum from Oman. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 57, 1135-1139.

FUCHS, M., WODA, C. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Chronostratigraphy of a sediment record from the Hajar mountain range in northern Oman: Implications for optical dating of insufficiently bleached sediments. Quaternary Geochronology 2, 202-207.

FUCHS, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. A 20 ka sediment record from the Hajar Mountain range in N-Oman, and its implication for detecting arid-humid periods on the southeastern Arabian Peninsula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 265 /2008) 546-558.

GANGLER, A. 2003 Oasis settlements in Oman. In: A. PETRUCCIOLI (ed.): The planned City. Bari.

GANGLER, A. (ed.) 2008. Oases Settlements in Oman. Edition esefeld & traub, REMAprint Vienna. See book description

GEBAUER, J., NAGIEB, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2006. Fruit growing in a mountain oasis in northern Oman. Commercial fruit growing 48, 9-16.

GEBAUER, J., LUEDELING, E., HAMMER, K., NAGIEB, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Mountain oases in northern Oman: an environment for evolution and in situ conservation of plant genetic resources. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54, 465-481.

GEBAUER, J., PATZELT, A., HAMMER, K. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. First record of Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori in northern Oman, a valuable fruit producing shrub. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54: 1153- 1158.

GEBAUER J., LUEDELING E., HAMMER K. & BUERKERT A. 2009. Agro-horticultural biodiversity in mountain oases of northern Oman. Acta Horticulturae 817, 325-332.

GOLOMBEK, S.D., GEBAUER J. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Photosynthetic water use efficiency of irrigated winter and summer crops in a typical mountain oasis of northern Oman. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 170, 98-105.

HAMMER, K., FILATENKO, A.A., ALKHANJARI, S., AL-MASKRI, A. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. emmer (Triticum dicoccon Schrank) in Oman. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51, 111-113.

HAMMER, K., GEBAUER, J., AL KHANJARI, S. & BUERKERT, A. 2009. Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56, 547-560.

HAESER, J. 2000. 1999 Annual Report of the Orient Department: Fieldwork in Oman, Archäologischer Anzeiger 2000 , 623-626, Berlin and New York.

HAESER, J. 2000. Formation and Transformation Processes of Oasis Settlements in the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Report on a new Field Project, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 30, 115-118, Belgium.

HAESER, J. 2001. Oman: Oasis al Hamra. In: German Archaeological Institute (Ed.), Urban Research: Projects of the DAI, 66-67, Berlin.

HAESER, J. 2002. 2000 Annual Report of the Orient Department: Oman, Archäologischer Anzeiger 2001, 686-688, Berlin and New York.

HAESER, J. 2002. Wadi Bani 'Awf and Al Hamra Region (Oman), Annual Report 2002. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2002 2nd half volume, Verlag Philipp von Zapern, Mainz.

HAESER, J. 2003. Archaeological results of the 1999 and 2000 Survey Campaigns in the Wadi Bani 'Awf and in the al-Hamra-Region. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 33, 21-30.

HAESER, J. 2003. Tiwi and Wadi Tiwi (Oman), Annual Report 2002. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2003, 2nd half-volume, Verlag Philipp von Zapern, Mainz, 252-253.

HAESER, J. & SCHREIBER, J. 2003. An Iron Age pyramid seal from Oman. Baghdad communications 34, 205-219.

HAESER, J. & GROSCH M. 2004. An archaeological internet geoinformation system for the Ibra Oasis in Oman. Baghdad Communications 35, 103-119.

HAESER, J. & SCHULZ A. 2004. An Internet-Geographical Information System for Multidisciplinary Research in Oman, in: Magistrat der Stadt Wien, Referat Kulturelles Erbe & Stadtarchäologie Wien (eds.), Enter the Past. The E-way into the Four Dimensions of Cultural Heritage. CAA 2003, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Proceedings of the 31st Conference, Vienna, Austria, April 2003. BAR International Series 1227. 367-370.

HAESER, J. 2004. Prehistoric Agricultural Water-Management on the Oman Peninsula. Orient-Achaeology Vol. 13: 415-419

HAESER, J. 2005. 2004 Annual Report of the Orient Department: Oman, Archäologischer Anzeiger 2005, 2nd half volume, Verlag Philipp von Zapern, Mainz.

DASZKIEWICZ, M., SCHNEIDER, G., HAESER, J., BOBRYK, E. & BARANOWSKI, M. (2007). Possibilities and limitations of Macroscopic determination of pottery fabrics in the field. Proceesings ot the conference EMAC'07 Budapest - Vessels: Inside and outside, 29-36.

KIM, J.-S., CROWLEY, D.E. & BUERKERT, A., 2010. Bacterial communities from deep sediments of a desert oasis in northern Oman. Catena 82,102-111.

KORN, L., HAESER, J., SCHREIBER, J., GANGLER, A., NAGIEB, M., SIEBERT, S. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. Tiwi, Ash Shab and Wadi Tiwi: the development of an oasis on the north-eastern coast of Oman. Journal of Oman Studies 13, 57-90.

LUEDELING, E., NAGIEB, M., WICHERN, F., BRANDT, M., DEURER, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2005. Drainage, salt leaching and physico-chemical properties of irrigated man-made terrace soils in a mountain oasis of northern Oman. Geoderma 125 (3-4), 273-285.

LUEDELING, E., SIEBERT, S. & BUERKERT. A. Filling the voids in the SRTM elevation model - A TIN-based delta surface approach. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 62 (4), 283-294.

LUEDELING, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Classification of oases in northern Oman. Pride. Al Roya Press and Publishing House, Muscat, Oman, pp. 84-87 [Arabic version pp. 86-92].

LUEDELING, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. Typology of oases in northern Oman based on Landsat and SRTM imagery and geological survey data. Remote Sensing of Environment 112, 1181-1195.

LUEDELING, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. Effects of land use changes on the hydrological sustainability of mountain oases in northern Oman. Plant and Soil Plant Soil 304, 1-20.

LUEDELING, E., GEBAUER, J. & BUERKERT, A. 2009. Climate Climate change effects on winter chill for tree crops with chilling requirements on the Arabian Peninsula. Climatic Change 96, 219-237

MERSHEN, B. 2004. Pots and tombs in Ibra, Oman. Investigations into the archaeological surface record of Islamic cemeteries and the related burial customs and funerary rituals. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 34, 165-179.

MERSHEN, B. 2004. Ibn Muqarrab and Naynuh: A Folk-tale from Tiwi. Journal of Oman Studies 13, 91-98.

MOREAU, M., SIEBERT, S. BUERKERT, A.. & SCHLECHT, E. 2008. Suitability of a triaxial accelerometer to monitor behavior of goats at pasture (Suitability of a triaxial accelerometer for determining the grazing behavior of goats). Proc. Soc. Nutr. Physiol. 17, 106.

MOREAU, M., SIEBERT, S., BUERKERT, A. & SCHLECHT, E. 2009. Use of a tri-axial accelerometer for automated recording and classification of goats' grazing behavior. Journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science (in press).

NAGIEB, M., HAESER, J., SIEBERT, S. LUEDELING, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. Settlement History of a Mountain Oasis in Northern Oman - Evidence from Land Use and Archaeological Studies Die Erde 135 (1), 81-106.

PREDOTOVA, M., SCHLECHT, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2006. Feed intake of Jabal Akhdar goats grazing mountainous rangelands in northern Oman. Proc. Soc. Nutr. Physiol. 15, 101.

RIBBECK, E. 2005 Al Hamra - the red one. In: RIBBECK, E. (ed.). The world becomes a city, Jovis-Verlag, Berlin.

RIBBECK, E. 2005. mud house and garden city. In: RIBBECK, E. (ed.). The world becomes a city, Jovis-Verlag, Berlin.

SASS-KLAASSEN, U. LEUSCHNER, H.H., BUERKERT, A. & HELLE, G. 2008. Tree-ring analysis of Juniperus excelsa from the northern Oman mountains. In: Elferts, D., Brumelis, G., Gärtner, H., Helle, G. and Schleser, G.H. (Eds.) TRACE, Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology 6, 99 -108.

SCHLECHT, E., DICKHOEFER, U., PREDOTOVA, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2008. Grazing itineraries and feed intake of goats on communal pastures of the Jabal al Akhdar mointan range, Northern Oman.In: Proceedings Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World, Vol II. XXI International Grassland Congress, VIII International Rangeland Congress, 77.

SCHLECHT, E., DICKHOEFER, U., GUMPERTSBERGER, E. & BUERKERT, A. 2009. Grazing itineraries and forage selection of goats in the Al Jabal al Akhdar mountain range of northern Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 73(3), 355-363.

SCHREIBER, J. 2004. Archaeological reconnaisance at Izki and the Jebel Akhdar. Transformation processes of oasis settlement in Oman 2004 - third stage. A preliminary report. Occident & Orient 9, 6-11.

SCHREIBER, J. & HAESER, J. 2004. Archaeological survey at Tiwi and its hinterland (Central Oman). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 34, 319-329.

SCHREIBER, J. 2005. Archaeological survey at Ibra in the Shariqiyah, Sultanate of Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 35, 255-270.

SCHREIBER, J. 2005. 2004 Annual Report of the Orient Department: Oman. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2004, 249-251. pdf SCHREIBER, J. 2007. "Transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman" 2005 archaeological survey at the oasis of Nizwā: a preliminary report. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 37, 1-13

SCHREIBER, J. 2007. transformation processes in oasis settlements in Oman. The pre-Islamic period using the example of Izki, Nizwa and the Jebel Akhdar. PhD-thesis submitted to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

SIEBERT, S., HAESER, J., NAGIEB, M., KORN, L. & BUERKERT, A . 2005. Agricultural, architectural and archaeological evidence for ecological adaptation of a mountain oasis: a scatterred agro-pastoral settlement in Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 62 (1), 177-197.

SIEBERT, S., NAGIEB, M. & BUERKERT, A. 2007. Climate and irrigation water use of a mountain oasis in northern Oman. Journal of Agricultural Water Management 89, 1-14.

URBAN, B. & BUERKERT, A., 2009. Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman. Journal of Arid Environments 73(3), 296-305.

WICHERN, F., LOBE, I., AMELUNG, W., MÜLLER, T., JOERGENSEN, R.G. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. Changes in amino acid enantiomers and microbial performance in soils from a subtropical mountain oasis in Oman abandoned for different periods. Biology and Fertility of Soils 39(6), 398-406.

WICHERN, F., LUEDELING, E., MÜLLER, T., JOERGENSEN, R.G. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. Field measurements of the CO2 evolution rate under different crops during an irrigation cycle in a mountain oasis of Oman. Applied Soil Ecology 25, 85-91.

WICHERN, F., MUELLER, T., JOERGENSEN, R.G. & BUERKERT, A. 2004. Effects of manure quality and application forms on soil C and N turnover of a subtropical oasis soil under laboratory conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 39(3), 165-171.

ZHANG, P., DREISIGACKER, S., BUERKERT, A., ALKHANJARI, S., MELCHINGER, A.E. & WARBURTON, M.L. 2006. Genetic diversity and relationships of wheat landraces from Oman investigated with SSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53(7), 1351-1360.